# [PATCH] Fix grammar in git-rev-parse(1). 1 messages from 2008-07-06 to 2008-07-06. Participants: Mikael Magnusson. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/14314 ## Mikael Magnusson, 2008-07-06 20:34 Subject: [PATCH] Fix grammar in git-rev-parse(1). Message-ID: <237967ef0807061334t681ad234vdb37cfe56af2e483@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/237967ef0807061334t681ad234vdb37cfe56af2e483%40mail.gmail.com ``` --- Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 59e95ad..ba65bfa 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -301,9 +301,9 @@ It is the set of commits that are reachable from either one of `r1` or `r2` but not from both. Two other shorthands for naming a set that is formed by a commit -and its parent commits exists. `r1{caret}@` notation means all +and its parent commits exist. The `r1{caret}@` notation means all parents of `r1`. `r1{caret}!` includes commit `r1` but excludes -its all parents. +all of its parents. Here are a handful of examples: -- 1.5.6.GIT 2008/7/6 Junio C Hamano : > "Dmitry Potapov" writes: > >> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Jakub Narebski wrote: >>> >>> There is shortcut for rev^..rev, namely rev^! (I'm not sure if it is >>> documented anywhere, though), >> >> The latter is not exactly a shortcut for the former. You can try it at any >> merge commit, and you will see different log. For instance, in Git repo: >> ... >> So, I believe, rev^! means --first-parent rev^..rev > > Not quite. From Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt: > > SPECIFYING RANGES > ----------------- > > Two other shorthands for naming a set that is formed by a commit > and its parent commits exists. `r1{caret}@` notation means all > parents of `r1`. `r1{caret}!` includes commit `r1` but excludes > its all parents. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Mikael Magnusson ```